Definition of nonplusses Nonplusses
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What does nonplusses mean?
Part of speech
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| nonplus - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" | ||
| perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, gravel, amaze, dumbfound | ||
| bedevil, befuddle, confound, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, confuse, throw make stupid with alcohol | ||
| puzzle over try to solve | ||
| figure out, puzzle out, solve, lick, work out, work find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem" | ||
| mix up, stump remove tree stumps from; "stump a field" | ||
| riddle set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle" | ||
| elude, escape escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- nonplus (Noun)
A state of perplexity or bewilderment. - nonplus (Verb)
To perplex or bewilder someone; to confound or flummox.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- nonplus (n.)
A state or condition which daffles reason or confounds judgment; insuperable difficalty; inability to proceed or decide; puzzle; quandary. - nonplus (v. t.)
To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by embarrassment.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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nonplus
non′plus, n. a state in which no more can be done or said: great difficulty.—v.t. to perplex completely, to puzzle:—pr.p. non′plussing; pa.t. and pa.p. non′plussed. [L. non, not, plus, more.]
Part of speech
🔤- nonplus, verb, present, 1st person singular of nonplus (infinitive).
- nonplus, verb (infinitive).
- nonplus, noun, singular of nonpluses / nonplusses.
